Detectives in Jamaica arrested a 20-year-old migrant on Wednesday who is accused of raping a woman at knifepoint while wearing a “Ghostface” sweater depicting a knife-wielding killer, according to police sources.
The suspect, Rody Cu Morales, was tracked through surveillance footage and apprehended at his mother’s home in Queens, where he had been hiding, according to police sources.
Police alleged that Morales attacked the victim, a 50-year-old woman, at about 3 a.m. on April 11 along 162nd Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica. Threatening his victim with a knife, he forced himself on her and sexually assaulted her. She was treated at a local hospital.
The fiend was caught on surveillance cameras wearing a knife-wielding Ghostface sweater from the horror franchise Scream, perversely mirroring the attack.
Sources familiar with Morales’ background said he is originally from Guatemala and has been living in the United States for several years, though he is new to New York City. This is his first arrest in the state.
On Wednesday evening, detectives escorted Morales in handcuffs out of the 112th Precinct stationhouse in Forest Hills. He declined to answer questions from reporters before being placed into the back of a police vehicle en route to Queens Criminal Court.
Morales is facing multiple charges, including two counts of rape, as well as assault, sexual abuse, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, and harassment.
